Displaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations

ABSTRACT

One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for displaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations are provided. For example, an email conversation associated with a plurality of user accounts may be identified. Email activity associated with the plurality of user accounts may be monitored. Based upon the email activity, it may be detected that a second plurality of user accounts of the plurality of user accounts are concurrently in an active state. A first device, associated with a first user account of the second plurality of user accounts, may display a first messaging interface comprising a first representation of the email conversation. A second device, associated with a second user account of the second plurality of user accounts, may display a second messaging interface comprising a second representation of the email conversation.

BACKGROUND

Many services, such as email services may allow a user to create anaccount for sending and receiving emails. For example, the user may be apart of a group of users that are involved in an email conversation(e.g., an email thread) associated with a subject. However,participating in the email conversation may become increasingly tediousas the number of participants and/or the volume of communicationsincreases.

SUMMARY

In accordance with the present disclosure, one or more computing devicesand/or methods are provided. In an example, an email conversationassociated with a plurality of user accounts may be identified. Emailactivity associated with the plurality of user accounts may bemonitored. Based upon the email activity, it may be detected that asecond plurality of user accounts of the plurality of user accounts areconcurrently in an active state. Responsive to detecting that the secondplurality of user accounts are concurrently in the active state, a firstgraphical user interface of a first device, associated with a first useraccount of the second plurality of user accounts, may be controlled todisplay a first messaging interface comprising a representation of themessaging conversation. Alternatively and/or additionally, responsive todetecting that the second plurality of user accounts are concurrently inthe active state, a second graphical user interface of a second device,associated with a second user account of the second plurality of useraccounts, may be controlled to display a second messaging interfacecomprising a representation of the messaging conversation.

In an example, a conversation on a first online communication platformmay be identified. The conversation may be associated with a pluralityof user accounts. Communication activity associated with the pluralityof user accounts may be monitored. Based upon the communicationactivity, it may be detected that the second plurality of user accountsof the plurality of user accounts are concurrently in an active state.Responsive to detecting that the second plurality of user accounts areconcurrently in the active state, a first graphical user interface of afirst device, associated with a first user account of the secondplurality of user accounts, may be controlled to display a first onlinecommunication interface associated with a second online communicationplatform. Alternatively and/or additionally, responsive to detectingthat the second plurality of user accounts are concurrently in theactive state, a second graphical user interface of a second device,associated with a second user account of the second plurality of useraccounts, may be controlled to display a second online communicationinterface associated with the second online communication platform

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

While the techniques presented herein may be embodied in alternativeforms, the particular embodiments illustrated in the drawings are only afew examples that are supplemental of the description provided herein.These embodiments are not to be interpreted in a limiting manner, suchas limiting the claims appended hereto.

FIG. 1 is an illustration of a scenario involving various examples ofnetworks that may connect servers and clients.

FIG. 2 is an illustration of a scenario involving an exampleconfiguration of a server that may utilize and/or implement at least aportion of the techniques presented herein.

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a scenario involving an exampleconfiguration of a client that may utilize and/or implement at least aportion of the techniques presented herein.

FIG. 4A is a flow chart illustrating an example method for displayingmessaging interfaces based upon email conversations.

FIG. 4B is a flow chart illustrating an example method for displayingonline communication interfaces associated with a second onlinecommunication platform based upon conversations on a first onlinecommunication platform.

FIG. 5A is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where agraphical user interface of a first client device is controlled todisplay an email interface.

FIG. 5B is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where agraphical user interface of a first client device is controlled todisplay a first email message.

FIG. 5C is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where abackend system determines that a second plurality of user accounts arein an active state.

FIG. 5D is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where agraphical user interface of a first client device is controlled todisplay a first notification.

FIG. 5E is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where agraphical user interface of a first client device is controlled todisplay a messaging interface comprising a representation of an emailconversation.

FIG. 5F is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where agraphical user interface of a first client device is controlled todisplay a messaging interface.

FIG. 5G is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where agraphical user interface of a first client device is controlled todisplay a messaging interface comprising a representation of a thirdmessage.

FIG. 5H is a component block diagram illustrating an example system fordisplaying messaging interfaces based upon email conversations, where asecond graphical user interface of a second client device is controlledto display a fourth email message.

FIG. 6 is an illustration of a scenario featuring an examplenon-transitory machine readable medium in accordance with one or more ofthe provisions set forth herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Subject matter will now be described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, andwhich show, by way of illustration, specific example embodiments. Thisdescription is not intended as an extensive or detailed discussion ofknown concepts. Details that are known generally to those of ordinaryskill in the relevant art may have been omitted, or may be handled insummary fashion.

The following subject matter may be embodied in a variety of differentforms, such as methods, devices, components, and/or systems.Accordingly, this subject matter is not intended to be construed aslimited to any example embodiments set forth herein. Rather, exampleembodiments are provided merely to be illustrative. Such embodimentsmay, for example, take the form of hardware, software, firmware or anycombination thereof.

1. Computing Scenario

The following provides a discussion of some types of computing scenariosin which the disclosed subject matter may be utilized and/orimplemented.

1.1. Networking

FIG. 1 is an interaction diagram of a scenario 100 illustrating aservice 102 provided by a set of servers 104 to a set of client devices110 via various types of networks. The servers 104 and/or client devices110 may be capable of transmitting, receiving, processing, and/orstoring many types of signals, such as in memory as physical memorystates.

The servers 104 of the service 102 may be internally connected via alocal area network 106 (LAN), such as a wired network where networkadapters on the respective servers 104 are interconnected via cables(e.g., coaxial and/or fiber optic cabling), and may be connected invarious topologies (e.g., buses, token rings, meshes, and/or trees). Theservers 104 may be interconnected directly, or through one or more othernetworking devices, such as routers, switches, and/or repeaters. Theservers 104 may utilize a variety of physical networking protocols(e.g., Ethernet and/or Fiber Channel) and/or logical networkingprotocols (e.g., variants of an Internet Protocol (IP), a TransmissionControl Protocol (TCP), and/or a User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The localarea network 106 may include, e.g., analog telephone lines, such as atwisted wire pair, a coaxial cable, full or fractional digital linesincluding T1, T2, T3, or T4 type lines, Integrated Services DigitalNetworks (ISDNs), Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs), wireless linksincluding satellite links, or other communication links or channels,such as may be known to those skilled in the art. The local area network106 may be organized according to one or more network architectures,such as server/client, peer-to-peer, and/or mesh architectures, and/or avariety of roles, such as administrative servers, authenticationservers, security monitor servers, data stores for objects such as filesand databases, business logic servers, time synchronization servers,and/or front-end servers providing a user-facing interface for theservice 102.

Likewise, the local area network 106 may comprise one or moresub-networks, such as may employ differing architectures, may becompliant or compatible with differing protocols and/or may interoperatewithin the local area network 106. Additionally, a variety of local areanetworks 106 may be interconnected; e.g., a router may provide a linkbetween otherwise separate and independent local area networks 106.

In the scenario 100 of FIG. 1, the local area network 106 of the service102 is connected to a wide area network 108 (WAN) that allows theservice 102 to exchange data with other services 102 and/or clientdevices 110. The wide area network 108 may encompass variouscombinations of devices with varying levels of distribution andexposure, such as a public wide-area network (e.g., the Internet) and/ora private network (e.g., a virtual private network (VPN) of adistributed enterprise).

In the scenario 100 of FIG. 1, the service 102 may be accessed via thewide area network 108 by a user 112 of one or more client devices 110,such as a portable media player (e.g., an electronic text reader, anaudio device, or a portable gaming, exercise, or navigation device); aportable communication device (e.g., a camera, a phone, a wearable or atext chatting device); a workstation; and/or a laptop form factorcomputer. The respective client devices 110 may communicate with theservice 102 via various connections to the wide area network 108. As afirst such example, one or more client devices 110 may comprise acellular communicator and may communicate with the service 102 byconnecting to the wide area network 108 via a wireless local areanetwork 106 provided by a cellular provider. As a second such example,one or more client devices 110 may communicate with the service 102 byconnecting to the wide area network 108 via a wireless local areanetwork 106 provided by a location such as the user's home or workplace(e.g., a WiFi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Standard 802.11) network or a Bluetooth (IEEE Standard 802.15.1)personal area network). In this manner, the servers 104 and the clientdevices 110 may communicate over various types of networks. Other typesof networks that may be accessed by the servers 104 and/or clientdevices 110 include mass storage, such as network attached storage(NAS), a storage area network (SAN), or other forms of computer ormachine readable media.

1.2. Server Configuration

FIG. 2 presents a schematic architecture diagram 200 of a server 104that may utilize at least a portion of the techniques provided herein.Such a server 104 may vary widely in configuration or capabilities,alone or in conjunction with other servers, in order to provide aservice such as the service 102.

The server 104 may comprise one or more processors 210 that processinstructions. The one or more processors 210 may optionally include aplurality of cores; one or more coprocessors, such as a mathematicscoprocessor or an integrated graphical processing unit (GPU); and/or oneor more layers of local cache memory. The server 104 may comprise memory202 storing various forms of applications, such as an operating system204; one or more server applications 206, such as a hypertext transportprotocol (HTTP) server, a file transfer protocol (FTP) server, or asimple mail transport protocol (SMTP) server; and/or various forms ofdata, such as a database 208 or a file system. The server 104 maycomprise a variety of peripheral components, such as a wired and/orwireless network adapter 214 connectible to a local area network and/orwide area network; one or more storage components 216, such as a harddisk drive, a solid-state storage device (SSD), a flash memory device,and/or a magnetic and/or optical disk reader.

The server 104 may comprise a mainboard featuring one or morecommunication buses 212 that interconnect the processor 210, the memory202, and various peripherals, using a variety of bus technologies, suchas a variant of a serial or parallel AT Attachment (ATA) bus protocol; aUniform Serial Bus (USB) protocol; and/or Small Computer SystemInterface (SCI) bus protocol. In a multibus scenario, a communicationbus 212 may interconnect the server 104 with at least one other server.Other components that may optionally be included with the server 104(though not shown in the schematic diagram 200 of FIG. 2) include adisplay; a display adapter, such as a graphical processing unit (GPU);input peripherals, such as a keyboard and/or mouse; and a flash memorydevice that may store a basic input/output system (BIOS) routine thatfacilitates booting the server 104 to a state of readiness.

The server 104 may operate in various physical enclosures, such as adesktop or tower, and/or may be integrated with a display as an“all-in-one” device. The server 104 may be mounted horizontally and/orin a cabinet or rack, and/or may simply comprise an interconnected setof components. The server 104 may comprise a dedicated and/or sharedpower supply 218 that supplies and/or regulates power for the othercomponents. The server 104 may provide power to and/or receive powerfrom another server and/or other devices. The server 104 may comprise ashared and/or dedicated climate control unit 220 that regulates climateproperties, such as temperature, humidity, and/or airflow. Many suchservers 104 may be configured and/or adapted to utilize at least aportion of the techniques presented herein.

1.3. Client Device Configuration

FIG. 3 presents a schematic architecture diagram 300 of a client device110 whereupon at least a portion of the techniques presented herein maybe implemented. Such a client device 110 may vary widely inconfiguration or capabilities, in order to provide a variety offunctionality to a user such as the user 112. The client device 110 maybe provided in a variety of form factors, such as a desktop or towerworkstation; an “all-in-one” device integrated with a display 308; alaptop, tablet, convertible tablet, or palmtop device; a wearable devicemountable in a headset, eyeglass, earpiece, and/or wristwatch, and/orintegrated with an article of clothing; and/or a component of a piece offurniture, such as a tabletop, and/or of another device, such as avehicle or residence. The client device 110 may serve the user in avariety of roles, such as a workstation, kiosk, media player, gamingdevice, and/or appliance.

The client device 110 may comprise one or more processors 310 thatprocess instructions. The one or more processors 310 may optionallyinclude a plurality of cores; one or more coprocessors, such as amathematics coprocessor or an integrated graphical processing unit(GPU); and/or one or more layers of local cache memory. The clientdevice 110 may comprise memory 301 storing various forms ofapplications, such as an operating system 303; one or more userapplications 302, such as document applications, media applications,file and/or data access applications, communication applications such asweb browsers and/or email clients, utilities, and/or games; and/ordrivers for various peripherals. The client device 110 may comprise avariety of peripheral components, such as a wired and/or wirelessnetwork adapter 306 connectible to a local area network and/or wide areanetwork; one or more output components, such as a display 308 coupledwith a display adapter (optionally including a graphical processing unit(GPU)), a sound adapter coupled with a speaker, and/or a printer; inputdevices for receiving input from the user, such as a keyboard 311, amouse, a microphone, a camera, and/or a touch-sensitive component of thedisplay 308; and/or environmental sensors, such as a global positioningsystem (GPS) receiver 319 that detects the location, velocity, and/oracceleration of the client device 110, a compass, accelerometer, and/orgyroscope that detects a physical orientation of the client device 110.Other components that may optionally be included with the client device110 (though not shown in the schematic architecture diagram 300 of FIG.3) include one or more storage components, such as a hard disk drive, asolid-state storage device (SSD), a flash memory device, and/or amagnetic and/or optical disk reader; and/or a flash memory device thatmay store a basic input/output system (BIOS) routine that facilitatesbooting the client device 110 to a state of readiness; and a climatecontrol unit that regulates climate properties, such as temperature,humidity, and airflow.

The client device 110 may comprise a mainboard featuring one or morecommunication buses 312 that interconnect the processor 310, the memory301, and various peripherals, using a variety of bus technologies, suchas a variant of a serial or parallel AT Attachment (ATA) bus protocol;the Uniform Serial Bus (USB) protocol; and/or the Small Computer SystemInterface (SCI) bus protocol. The client device 110 may comprise adedicated and/or shared power supply 318 that supplies and/or regulatespower for other components, and/or a battery 304 that stores power foruse while the client device 110 is not connected to a power source viathe power supply 318. The client device 110 may provide power to and/orreceive power from other client devices.

In some scenarios, as a user 112 interacts with a software applicationon a client device 110 (e.g., an instant messenger and/or electronicmail application), descriptive content in the form of signals or storedphysical states within memory (e.g., an email address, instant messengeridentifier, phone number, postal address, message content, date, and/ortime) may be identified. Descriptive content may be stored, typicallyalong with contextual content. For example, the source of a phone number(e.g., a communication received from another user via an instantmessenger application) may be stored as contextual content associatedwith the phone number. Contextual content, therefore, may identifycircumstances surrounding receipt of a phone number (e.g., the date ortime that the phone number was received), and may be associated withdescriptive content. Contextual content, may, for example, be used tosubsequently search for associated descriptive content. For example, asearch for phone numbers received from specific individuals, receivedvia an instant messenger application or at a given date or time, may beinitiated. The client device 110 may include one or more servers thatmay locally serve the client device 110 and/or other client devices ofthe user 112 and/or other individuals. For example, a locally installedwebserver may provide web content in response to locally submitted webrequests. Many such client devices 110 may be configured and/or adaptedto utilize at least a portion of the techniques presented herein.

2. Presented Techniques

One or more computing devices and/or techniques for displaying messaginginterfaces based upon email conversations are provided. For example, auser may access and/or interact with a service for sending and receivingemails and/or messages (e.g., such as an email service, a text messagingservice, an instant message service, a social network, an application,etc.). An email account of the user with the service may be accessedand/or interacted with via one or more interfaces, such as an emailinterface. The user may be a part of a group of users that are involvedin an email conversation (e.g., an email thread). For example, the emailconversation may correspond to planning arrangements for an event,discussing details of a project, communicating about one or more topics,etc. However, it may become tedious for the group of users to performcommunications via the email conversation (e.g., it may be difficult forusers of the group of users to compose and/or transmit emails via email,it may take a substantial amount of time for users of the group of usersto compose, transmit, receive and/or consume emails via email, it maynot be user friendly to continue performing communications via email).

Thus, in accordance with one or more of the techniques presented herein,the email conversation may be identified and/or selected forpresentation via messaging interfaces. Email activity associated with aplurality of user accounts (associated with the group of users) may bemonitored to detect that a second plurality of user accounts of theplurality of user accounts are concurrently in an active state.Responsive to a determination that the second plurality of user accountsare concurrently in the active state, graphical user interfaces ofdevices associated with the second plurality of user accounts may becontrolled to display messaging (e.g., instant messaging) interfacescomprising representations of the email conversation. For example, afirst graphical user interface of a first device, associated with afirst user account of the second plurality of user accounts, may becontrolled to display a first messaging interface comprising a firstrepresentation of the email conversation, and a second graphical userinterface of a second device, associated with a second user account ofthe second plurality of user accounts, may be controlled to display asecond messaging interface comprising a second representation of theemail conversation.

An embodiment of displaying messaging interfaces based upon emailconversations is illustrated by an example method 400 of FIG. 4A. Afirst user, such as user Jill, (e.g., and/or a first client deviceassociated with the first user) may access and/or interact with an emailservice for sending and receiving email messages. A first user account(e.g., an email account) of the first user with the email service may beaccessed and/or interacted with via one or more interfaces on the firstclient device, such as an email client, a browser, an application, etc.For example, a plurality of emails associated with the first useraccount of the first user may be accessed using a first email interfaceof the first client device.

In some examples, the plurality of emails may comprise a first set ofemails associated with an email conversation. For example, the emailconversation and/or the first set of emails may be associated with aplurality of user accounts (e.g., a plurality of email accounts),comprising the first user account. For example, the plurality of useraccounts may correspond to a group of users associated with the emailconversation. Each user account of the plurality of user accounts maycorrespond to a user of the group of users. Each user account of theplurality of user accounts may correspond to a recipient of one or moreemails of the first set of emails. Alternatively and/or additionally,each user account of the plurality of user accounts may correspond to asender of one or more emails of the first set of emails. In someexamples, the first set of emails may be associated with a subject(e.g., a common subject line associated with each email of the first setof emails).

In an example, the first user account may transmit a first email, of thefirst set of emails, to one or more user accounts. For example, thefirst user account may be a sender of the first email and/or the one ormore user accounts may be recipients of the first email. The first emailmay comprise a first message body and/or the subject. The subject and/orthe first message body may be associated with planning a meeting,planning arrangements for an event, discussing details of a project,communicating about one or more topics, etc. In some examples, a seconduser account of the plurality of user accounts may respond (e.g., reply)to the first email by transmitting a second email (e.g., a responseemail, a reply email) to one or more second user accounts. The one ormore second user accounts may comprise the first user account, the oneor more user accounts and/or one or more third user accounts (e.g., theone or more third user accounts may be added to the email conversationas recipients of the second email). Alternatively and/or additionally,the email conversation may comprise the first email and/or the secondemail. In some examples, the plurality of user accounts associated withthe email conversation may comprise the one or more second user accountsand/or the first user account.

At 402, the email conversation may be identified. In some examples, theemail conversation may be selected for presentation via messaginginterfaces. For example, the email conversation may be selected forpresentation via messaging interfaces based upon a number of useraccounts of the plurality of user accounts associated with the emailconversation. For example, the email conversation may be selected forpresentation via messaging interfaces responsive to a determination thatthe plurality of user accounts comprises more than a minimum number ofuser accounts (e.g., more than one user account, more than two useraccounts, etc.). Alternatively and/or additionally, the emailconversation may be selected for presentation via messaging interfacesresponsive to a determination that the plurality of user accountscomprises less than a maximum number of user accounts (e.g., less than50 user accounts, less than 100 user accounts, etc.).

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces based upon adetermination that the plurality of user accounts are associated with an(single) email provider. For example, each user account of the pluralityof user accounts may be associated with the email provider.Alternatively and/or additionally, the plurality of user accounts may beassociated with a plurality of email providers. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the email conversation may be selected for presentationvia messaging interfaces based upon a determination that two or moreuser accounts of the plurality of user accounts are associated with theemail provider.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces based upon adetermination that each user account of the plurality of user accountsis associated with a (single) messaging platform. For example, each useraccount of the plurality of user accounts may be used as a messaginguser account for the messaging platform. Alternatively and/oradditionally, each user account of the plurality of user accounts may belinked with a messaging user account, different than the user account,associated with the messaging platform. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the email conversation may be selected for presentationvia messaging interfaces based upon a determination that two or moreuser accounts of the plurality of user accounts are associated with themessaging platform.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces based upon locationsassociated with second plurality of user accounts. For example, alocation associated with each user account of the plurality of useraccounts may be determined based upon locations of client devices of theplurality of user accounts. For example, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces responsive to adetermination that distances between the locations are less than amaximum threshold distance. Alternatively and/or additionally, the emailconversation may be selected for presentation via messaging interfacesresponsive to a determination that the distances between the locationsare greater than a minimum threshold distance.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces based upon types ofdevices associated with the plurality of client devices. For example, afirst type of device may correspond to computers that may enable a userto (conveniently) perform communications using a messaging interface(e.g., desktop computers, laptop computers, home theatre personalcomputer, large tablets, large smartphones, computers with screenslarger than a threshold size, etc.). Alternatively and/or additionally,a second type of device may correspond to computers that may bedifficult for a user to use to perform communications using a messaginginterface (e.g., small smartphones, small tablets, computers withscreens smaller than the threshold size, etc.). For example, the emailconversation may be selected for presentation via messaging interfacesbased upon a determination that a number of devices of the plurality ofclient devices that are the first type of device is greater than athreshold number of devices and/or that a number of devices of theplurality of client devices that are the second type of device is lessthan a threshold number of devices. It may be appreciated that athreshold number of devices may be determined based upon a thresholdproportion of devices.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces based upon content ofthe email conversation. For example, the content of the emailconversation may comprise one or more images, one or more videos, one ormore files, one or more documents and/or one or more sets of text,wherein each set of text of the one or more set of text may correspondto an email of the first set of emails (of the email conversation). Forexample, the content of the email conversation may be analyzed todetermine subject matter associated with the email conversation. Forexample, the email conversation may be selected for presentation viamessaging interfaces based upon a determination that the subject matteris associated with a first type of subject matter (e.g., business,social, news, etc.). Alternatively and/or additionally, the emailconversation may not be selected for presentation via messaginginterfaces based upon a determination that the subject matter isassociated with a second type of subject matter.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces based uponrelationships associated with the plurality of user accounts. Forexample, the email conversation may be selected for presentation viamessaging interfaces responsive to a determination that the group ofusers associated with the plurality of user accounts have a first typeof relationship with each other (e.g., business relationship, socialrelationship, etc.). Alternatively and/or additionally, the emailconversation may not be selected for presentation via messaginginterfaces responsive to a determination that the group of users have asecond type of relationship with each other.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation may beselected for presentation via messaging interfaces based upon an amountof communication associated with the plurality of user accounts. Forexample, the amount of communication may be determined based upon anumber of communications (e.g., emails, messages, etc.) between theplurality of user accounts. Alternatively and/or additionally, theamount of communication may be determined based upon a frequency ofcommunications (e.g., a number of communications per day, a number ofcommunications per week, etc.) between the plurality of user accounts.Alternatively and/or additionally, the amount of communication may bedetermined based upon lengths of communications (e.g., number ofcharacters in emails and/or messages) between the plurality of useraccounts. For example, the email conversation may be selected forpresentation via messaging interfaces responsive to a determination thatthe amount of communication is greater than a threshold amount ofcommunication. Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversationmay not be selected for presentation via messaging interfaces responsiveto a determination that the amount of communication is less than thethreshold amount of communication.

In some examples, the messaging platform and the email provider may beassociated with a (single) service. Alternatively and/or additionally,the messaging platform and the email provider may be associated withdifferent services.

At 404, email activity associated with the plurality of user accountsmay be monitored. For example, the email activity may comprise instancesthat an email interface associated with a user account of the pluralityof user accounts is opened, open and/or closed. For example, an instancethat an email interface is opened may be detected (e.g., based uponreception of login information). Alternatively and/or additionally, aninstance that an email interface is open may be detected (e.g., bydetecting that a browser window of a client device is presenting theemail interface, by detecting that the email interface is beingpresented on the client device, by detecting that the client device isperforming operations associated with the email interface, etc.).Alternatively and/or additionally, an instance that an email interfaceis closed may be detected (e.g., by detecting that a browser windowassociated with the email interface is closed, by detecting that theemail interface is not performing operations on the client device,etc.).

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email activity may compriseinteractions associated with email interfaces associated with theplurality of user accounts. Indications of the interactions may bereceived from a plurality of client devices associated with theplurality of user accounts. For example, the interactions may comprise aselection of a selectable input associated with the email interfaces, aselection of an email associated with the email interfaces, etc. Forexample, one or more selectable inputs (e.g., “Inbox”, “Compose”,“Settings”, etc.) may be selected via one or more client devices of theplurality of client devices. Alternatively and/or additionally, one ormore emails may be selected via one or more client devices of theplurality of client devices. Alternatively and/or additionally, theinteractions may comprise an instance that an email is presented. Forexample, one or more emails may be presented by being displayed by oneor more client devices of the plurality of client devices.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the interactions may comprise aninstance that the email conversation is presented. For example, one ormore emails of the email conversation may be displayed by one or moreclient devices of the plurality of client devices. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the interactions may comprise one or more emailsassociated with the email conversation being transmitted by one or moreclient devices of the plurality of client devices (e.g., one or moreemails having the subject associated with the email conversation may betransmitted to one or more user accounts of the plurality of useraccounts, etc.)

Alternatively and/or additionally, the email activity may comprise emailconnectivity associated with the plurality of user accounts. Forexample, the email connectivity may be determined based upon detectingwhether emails are received and/or downloaded by client devices of theplurality of client devices.

At 406, it may be detected that a second plurality of user accounts, ofthe plurality of user accounts, are concurrently in an active state,based upon the email activity. For example, a user account of the secondplurality of user accounts may be determined to be in the active statebased upon a determination that an email interface associated with theuser account is open. Alternatively and/or additionally, a user accountof the second plurality of user accounts may be determined to be in theactive state based upon detection of one or more interactions with anemail interface associated with the user account. Alternatively and/oradditionally, a user account of the second plurality of user accountsmay be determined to be in the active state based upon a determinationthat a client device associated with the user account received and/ordownloaded one or more emails transmitted to the user account.

Alternatively and/or additionally, a user account of the secondplurality of user accounts may be determined to be in the active statebased upon a determination of a plurality of conditions. The pluralityof conditions may comprise a first condition that an email interfaceassociated with the user account is open, a second condition that one ormore interactions with the email interface is detected, a thirdcondition that a client device associated with the user account receivedand/or downloaded one or more emails transmitted to the user account, afourth condition that the email conversation is presented by the clientdevice, and/or a fifth condition that one or more emails associated withthe email conversation are transmitted by the client device, etc.

For example, a user account of the second plurality of user accounts maybe determined to be in the active state based upon a determination of atleast a single condition of the plurality of conditions. Alternativelyand/or additionally, a user account of the second plurality of useraccounts may be determined to be in the active state based upon adetermination of two (e.g., or some other threshold number) or more ofthe plurality of conditions. Alternatively and/or additionally, a useraccount of the second plurality of user accounts may be determined to bein the active state based upon a determination of most of the pluralityof conditions. Alternatively and/or additionally, a user account of thesecond plurality of user accounts may be determined to be in the activestate based upon a determination of every condition of the plurality ofconditions.

In some examples, it may be determined that the second plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in the active state based upon determiningthat the second plurality of user accounts are in the active statewithin a period of time. For example, the period of time may be 1minute, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, etc. For example, it may be determinedthat the second plurality of user accounts are in the active statewithin the period of time based upon a determination that the emailactivity was performed using a second plurality of client devicesassociated with the second plurality of user accounts within the periodof time.

In some examples, the email activity may be indicative of each useraccount of the plurality of user accounts being in the active state.Accordingly, the second plurality of user accounts may comprise eachuser account of the plurality of user accounts. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the email activity may be indicative of one or more fourthuser accounts of the plurality of user accounts being in an inactivestate. Accordingly, the second plurality of user accounts may notcomprise the one or more fourth user accounts.

At 408, responsive to detecting that the second plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in the active state, representations of theemail conversation may be presented using a plurality of messaginginterfaces. For example, a second graphical user interface of a secondclient device, associated with a third user account of the secondplurality of user accounts, may be controlled to display a firstmessaging interface comprising a first representation of the emailconversation. Alternatively and/or additionally, a third graphical userinterface of a third client device, associated with a fourth useraccount of the second plurality of user accounts, may be controlled todisplay a second messaging interface comprising a second representationof the email conversation.

In some examples, the representations of the email conversation may bepresented using the plurality of messaging interfaces based upon anumber of user accounts of the second plurality of user accounts (thatare in the active state). For example, the representations of the emailconversation may be presented using the plurality of messaginginterfaces responsive to a determination that the number of useraccounts of the second plurality of user accounts is greater than athreshold number of user accounts (e.g., 2 users, 3 users, 5 users, 10users, etc.). Alternatively and/or additionally, the threshold number ofuser accounts may be determined based upon a threshold proportion ofuser accounts. For example, the threshold proportion of user accountsmay be 10% of the plurality of user accounts, 20% of the plurality ofuser accounts, 40% of the plurality of user accounts, 50% of theplurality of user accounts, 60% of the plurality of user accounts, etc.

In an example, the plurality of user accounts may comprise 60 useraccounts. The threshold proportion of user accounts may be 30% of theplurality of user accounts. Accordingly, the threshold number of useraccounts may be 18 user accounts. Thus, in an instance where the numberof user accounts of the second plurality of user accounts (that are inthe active state) is 15 user accounts (and/or a different number lessthan or equal to 18), the representations of the email conversation maynot be presented using the plurality of messaging interfaces.Alternatively and/or additionally, in an instance where the number ofuser accounts of the second plurality of user accounts (that are in theactive state) is 20 user accounts (and/or a different number greaterthan 18), the representations of the email conversation may be presentedusing the plurality of messaging interfaces.

In some examples, the representations of the email conversation may bepresented using the plurality of messaging interfaces responsive toreceiving a plurality of requests from client devices associated withthe second plurality of user accounts. For example, notificationsindicative of the second plurality of user accounts being in the activestate may be transmitted to the second plurality of client devices(associated with the second plurality of user accounts). For example,each notification of the notifications may comprise an indication of thenumber of user accounts of the second plurality of user accounts thatare in the active state. Alternatively and/or additionally, eachnotification of the notifications may comprise an indication ofusernames associated with the second plurality of user accounts.Alternatively and/or additionally, each notification of thenotifications may comprise an indication of the email conversation(e.g., the subject associated with the first set of emails).

In some examples, the plurality of requests, indicative of presentingthe representations of the email conversation using the plurality ofmessaging interfaces, may be received via the notifications. Forexample, each notification of the notifications may comprise a secondselectable input corresponding to a request to present the emailconversation using a messaging interface. In some examples, the emailconversation may be presented using the plurality of messaginginterfaces responsive to a determination that a number of requests ofthe plurality of requests is greater than a threshold number ofrequests. Alternatively and/or additionally, the email conversation maybe presented using the plurality of messaging interfaces automatically(without receiving the plurality of requests).

In some examples, a messaging conversation may be generated based uponthe email conversation. For example, the representations of the emailconversation may comprise the messaging conversation. For example, themessaging conversation may comprise the content of the emailconversation. In some examples, the email conversation may be formattedbased upon a messaging format to generate the messaging conversation.For example, the messaging conversation may comprise a plurality of setsof content. For example, each set of content of the plurality of sets ofcontent may comprise an image of the one or more images of the emailconversation, a video of the one or more videos of the emailconversation, a file of the one or more files of the email conversation,a document of the one or more documents of the email conversation and/ora set of text of the one or more sets of text of the email conversation.

In some examples, the messaging conversation may comprise a plurality ofuser account indications. For example, the plurality of user accountindications may indicate user accounts associated with the plurality ofsets of content. For example, the plurality of user account indicationsmay indicate a user account (e.g., a sender) that transmitted each setof content of the plurality of sets of content. For example, each useraccount indication of the plurality of user account indications may bepositioned adjacent to (e.g., below, beside, above, etc.) a set ofcontent of the plurality of sets of content.

In some examples, it may be determined that a fourth client device,associated with a fifth user account of the second plurality of useraccounts, does not have messaging software installed for enabling athird messaging interface (to be used and/or displayed). Alternativelyand/or additionally, it may be determined that the fifth user account isnot linked with a messaging account of the messaging platform. A firstnotification may be transmitted to the fourth client device. Forexample, the first notification may comprise an indication of themessaging software and/or setting up a messaging account. Alternativelyand/or additionally, the first notification may comprise an indicationof a second number of user accounts of the second plurality of useraccounts that are associated with a client device that are capable ofusing messaging interfaces.

In some examples, the first notification may comprise a third selectableinput corresponding to a first request to download and/or install themessaging software. For example, the first request to download and/orinstall the messaging software may be received from the fourth clientdevice (responsive to a selection of the third selectable input). Themessaging software may be transmitted to the fourth client device(responsive to receiving the first request). For example, the messagingsoftware may be downloaded to the fourth client device and/or may beinstalled on the fourth client device. A fourth graphical user interfaceof the fourth client device may be controlled to display the thirdmessaging interface comprising a third representation of the emailconversation.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the first notification may comprise afourth selectable input corresponding to a second request to set up amessaging account for the messaging platform. For example, the secondrequest to set up the messaging account for the messaging platform maybe received from the fourth client device (responsive to a selection ofthe fourth selectable input). One or more user information fields may bepresented using the fourth client device. User information associatedwith the fourth user account may be entered and/or received via the oneor more user information fields. The messaging account associated withthe fifth user account may be generated. The fourth graphical userinterface of the fourth client device may be controlled to display thethird messaging interface comprising the third representation of theemail conversation.

In some examples, communications may be performed using the plurality ofmessaging interfaces. In some examples, a plurality of messages may bereceived from one or more user accounts of the second plurality of useraccounts via one or more messaging interfaces of the plurality ofmessaging interfaces. Each message of the plurality of messages maycomprise an image, a video, a file, a document and/or a set of text. Insome examples, representations of the plurality of messages may bedisplayed using the plurality of messaging interfaces. In some examples,one or more emails may be generated based upon the plurality ofmessages. For example, the one or more emails may comprise contentassociated with the plurality of messages. In some examples, the one ormore emails may be transmitted to the plurality of user accounts.Alternatively and/or additionally, the one or more emails may betransmitted to merely one or more third user accounts, of the pluralityof user accounts, that are not associated with the plurality ofmessaging interfaces. For example, the one or more third user accountsmay be associated with one or more second client devices that are notused to present a messaging interface comprising a representation of theemail conversation.

For example, responsive to receiving the plurality of messages, theemail conversation may be updated and/or modified to include a secondplurality of emails associated with the plurality of messages. Forexample, each email of the second plurality of emails may comprise amessage of the plurality of messages. Alternatively and/or additionally,each email of the second plurality of emails may comprise an indicationof a sender of a message of the plurality of messages. In some examples,each email of the second plurality of emails, comprising a message ofthe plurality of messages, may be transmitted to the plurality of useraccounts and/or the one or more third user accounts responsive toreceiving the message via the plurality of messaging interfaces. In someexamples, the second plurality of emails may be transmitted responsiveto receiving a fourth request corresponding to transmitting emailsassociated with the plurality of messages.

Alternatively and/or additionally, merely a single email, comprising theplurality of messages, may be transmitted to the plurality of useraccounts and/or the one or more third user accounts. For example, thesingle email may comprise the plurality of messages and/or indicationsof senders of each message of the plurality of messages. In someexamples, the single email may be generated and/or transmittedresponsive to receiving a fifth request, to transmit the single email,from one or more client devices. Alternatively and/or additionally, thesingle email may be generated and/or transmitted responsive todetermining that users are no longer communicating using the pluralityof messaging interfaces (e.g., each messaging interface of the pluralityof messaging interfaces may be closed, messaging activity may not bedetected for a threshold period of time, messages may not be receivedfor the threshold period of time, etc.).

For example, messaging activity associated with the plurality ofmessaging interfaces may be monitored. It may be detected that one ormore first messaging interfaces of the plurality of messaging interfacesmay be closed. Alternatively and/or additionally, it may be detectedthat one or more second messaging interfaces of the plurality ofmessaging interfaces may not be interacted with. Thus, by monitoring themessaging activity, it may be determined that a second plurality ofmessaging interfaces of the plurality of messaging interfaces are beingused (e.g., that the second plurality of messaging interfaces are notclosed and/or that the second plurality of messaging interfaces arebeing interacted with).

In some examples, responsive to a determination that a number of activemessaging interfaces of the second plurality of messaging interfaces isless than a threshold number of messaging interfaces, the secondplurality of emails and/or the single email may be transmitted to theplurality of user accounts. Alternatively and/or additionally,responsive to the determination that the number of active messaginginterfaces of the second plurality of messaging interfaces is less thanthe threshold number of messaging interfaces, the second plurality ofmessaging interfaces may (automatically) be closed. Alternatively and/oradditionally, responsive to the determination that the number of activemessaging interfaces of the second plurality of messaging interfaces isless than the threshold number of messaging interfaces, a secondplurality of email interfaces may be (automatically) be opened, in placeof the second plurality of messaging interfaces. For example, the secondplurality of email interfaces may (automatically) be navigated to theemail conversation (e.g., the email conversation may comprise the singleemail and/or the second plurality of emails comprising representationsof the plurality of messages transmitted via the plurality of messaginginterfaces).

Alternatively and/or additionally, responsive to the determination thatthe number of active messaging interfaces of the second plurality ofmessaging interfaces is less than the threshold number of messaginginterfaces, second notifications may be transmitted to each clientdevice of a third plurality of client devices associated with the secondplurality of messaging interfaces. For example, each notification of thesecond notifications may be indicative of the number of active messaginginterfaces of the second plurality of messaging interfaces.Alternatively and/or additionally, each notification of the secondnotifications may be indicative of the number of active messaginginterfaces of the second plurality of messaging interfaces being lessthan the threshold number of messaging interfaces.

In some examples, each notification of the second notifications maycomprise a fifth selectable input corresponding to a request to resumecommunication using a messaging interface. For example, responsive to aselection of the fifth selectable input, a messaging interface on aclient device may not be closed. Alternatively and/or additionally, eachnotification of the second notifications may comprise a sixth selectableinput corresponding to a request to resume communication using an emailinterface. For example, responsive to a selection of the sixthselectable input, a messaging interface on a client device may be closedand/or an email interface may be opened in place of the messaginginterface.

In some examples, the threshold number of messaging interfaces may bedetermined based upon a threshold proportion of messaging interfaces.For example, the threshold proportion of messaging interfaces may be 10%of the plurality of messaging interfaces, 20% of the plurality ofmessaging interfaces, 40% of the plurality of messaging interfaces, 50%of the plurality of messaging interfaces, 60% of the plurality ofmessaging interfaces, etc. Alternatively and/or additionally, thethreshold number of messaging interfaces may be associated with thethreshold number of user accounts (e.g., the threshold number ofmessaging interfaces may be equal to the threshold number of useraccounts). Alternatively and/or additionally, the threshold number ofmessaging interfaces may not be associated with the threshold number ofuser accounts (e.g., the threshold number of messaging interfaces maynot be equal to the threshold number of user accounts).

An embodiment of displaying online communication interfaces associatedwith a second online communication platform based upon conversations ona first online communication platform is illustrated by an examplemethod 450 of FIG. 4B. A first user, such as user James, (e.g., and/or afirst client device associated with the first user) may access and/orinteract with the first online communication platform (e.g., an emailplatform, a messaging platform, a social network platform, a socialnetwork messaging platform, a gaming platform comprising a gamingcommunication interface for performing communications between gamingusers, etc.).

At 452, a first conversation on the first online communication platformmay be identified. For example, the first conversation may be associatedwith a plurality of user accounts. In some examples, the first onlinecommunication platform may be associated with one or more emailservices. For example, the first conversation may be an emailconversation. Alternatively and/or additionally, the first onlinecommunication platform may be associated with a messaging platform. Forexample, the first conversation may be a messaging conversation betweena group of users associated with the plurality of user accounts. In someexamples, the first online communication platform may be associated withthe gaming platform, wherein the group of users may performcommunications while playing one or more games. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the first online communication platform may be associatedwith a different type of communication platform.

In some examples, the first conversation may be selected forpresentation via the second online communication platform. For example,the first conversation may be selected for presentation via the secondonline communication platform based upon a number of user accounts ofthe plurality of user accounts associated with the first conversation.For example, the first conversation may be selected for presentation viathe second online communication platform responsive to a determinationthat the plurality of user accounts comprises more than a minimum numberof user accounts (e.g., more than one user account, more than two useraccounts, etc.). Alternatively and/or additionally, the firstconversation may be selected for presentation via the second onlinecommunication platform responsive to a determination that the pluralityof user accounts comprises less than a maximum number of user accounts(e.g., less than 50 user accounts, less than 100 user accounts, etc.).

Alternatively and/or additionally, the first conversation may beselected for presentation via the second online communication platformbased upon a determination that each user account of the plurality ofuser accounts is associated with the second online communicationplatform. For example, each user account of the plurality of useraccounts may be used as a communication user account for the secondonline communication platform. Alternatively and/or additionally, eachuser account of the plurality of user accounts may be linked with acommunication user account, different than the user account, associatedwith the second online communication platform. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the first conversation may be selected for presentationvia the second online communication platform based upon a determinationthat two or more user accounts of the plurality of user accounts areassociated with the second online communication platform.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the first conversation may beselected for presentation via the second online communication platformbased upon locations associated with second plurality of user accounts.For example, a location associated with each user account of theplurality of user accounts may be determined based upon locations ofclient devices of the plurality of user accounts. For example, the firstconversation may be selected for presentation via the second onlinecommunication platform responsive to a determination that distancesbetween the locations are less than a maximum threshold distance.Alternatively and/or additionally, the first conversation may beselected for presentation via the second online communication platformresponsive to a determination that the distances between the locationsare greater than a minimum threshold distance.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the first conversation may beselected for presentation via the second online communication platformbased upon types of devices associated with the plurality of clientdevices. For example, a first type of device may correspond to computersthat may enable a user to (conveniently) perform communications usingthe second online communication platform (e.g., computers withmicrophones to accommodate audio calling, computers with cameras toaccommodate video calling, computers with sufficient processing power toaccommodate an augmented reality (AR) communication experience,computers capable of enabling a virtual reality (VR) communicationexperience such as VR headsets, computers capable of enabling a mixedreality (MR) communication experience, etc.). Alternatively and/oradditionally, a second type of device may correspond to computers thatmay be difficult for a user to use to perform communications using thesecond online communication platform (e.g., computers withoutmicrophones, computers without cameras, computers with insufficientprocessing power to accommodate the AR communication experience,computers incapable of enabling the VR communication experience,computers incapable of enabling the MR communication experience, etc.).For example, the first conversation may be selected for presentation viathe second online communication platform based upon a determination thata number of devices of the plurality of client devices that are thefirst type of device is greater than a threshold number of devicesand/or that a number of devices of the plurality of client devices thatare the second type of device is less than a threshold number ofdevices. It may be appreciated that a threshold number of devices may bedetermined based upon a threshold proportion of devices.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the first conversation may beselected for presentation via the second online communication platformbased upon relationships associated with the plurality of user accounts.For example, the first conversation may be selected for presentation viathe second online communication platform responsive to a determinationthat a group of users associated with the plurality of user accountshave a first type of relationship with each other (e.g., businessrelationship, social relationship, etc.). Alternatively and/oradditionally, the first conversation may not be selected forpresentation via the second online communication platform responsive toa determination that the group of users have a second type ofrelationship with each other.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the first conversation may beselected for presentation via the second online communication platformbased upon an amount of communication associated with the plurality ofuser accounts. For example, the amount of communication may bedetermined based upon a number of communications (e.g., emails,messages, phone calls, calls using an online communication platform,video calls, etc.) between the plurality of user accounts. Alternativelyand/or additionally, the amount of communication may be determined basedupon a frequency of communications (e.g., a number of communications perday, a number of communications per week, etc.) between the plurality ofuser accounts. Alternatively and/or additionally, the amount ofcommunication may be determined based upon lengths of communications(e.g., number of characters in emails and/or messages, lengths of timeassociated with phone calls, calls using the online communicationplatform and/or video calls, etc.) between the plurality of useraccounts. For example, the first conversation may be selected forpresentation via the second online communication platform responsive toa determination that the amount of communication is greater than athreshold amount of communication. Alternatively and/or additionally,the first conversation may not be selected for presentation via thesecond online communication platform responsive to a determination thatthe amount of communication is less than the threshold amount ofcommunication.

In some examples, the first online communication platform and the secondonline communication platform may be associated with a (single) service.For example, the service may enable users to perform a first type ofcommunication using the first online communication platform and/or theservice may enable users to perform a second type of communication usingthe second online communication platform. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the first online communication platform and the secondonline communication platform may be associated with different services.

At 454, communication activity associated with the plurality of useraccounts may be monitored. For example, the communication activity maycomprise instances that a communication interface of the firstcommunication platform associated with a user account of the pluralityof user accounts is opened, open and/or closed. For example, an instancethat a communication interface is opened may be detected (e.g., basedupon reception of login information). Alternatively and/or additionally,an instance that a communication interface is open may be detected(e.g., by detecting that a browser window of a client device ispresenting the communication interface, by detecting that thecommunication interface is being presented on the client device, bydetecting that the client device is performing operations associatedwith the communication interface, etc.). Alternatively and/oradditionally, an instance that a communication interface is closed maybe detected (e.g., by detecting that a browser window associated withthe communication interface is closed, by detecting that thecommunication interface is not performing operations on the clientdevice, etc.).

Alternatively and/or additionally, the communication activity maycomprise interactions associated with communication interfaces of thefirst communication platform associated with the plurality of useraccounts. Indications of the interactions may be received from aplurality of client devices associated with the plurality of useraccounts. For example, the interactions may comprise a selection of aselectable input associated with the communication interfaces.Alternatively and/or additionally, the interactions may comprise aninstance that one or more communications are transmitted and/orreceived. Alternatively and/or additionally, the interactions maycomprise an instance that the first conversation is presented. Forexample, one or more messages associated with the first conversation maybe displayed by one or more client devices of the plurality of clientdevices using the first communication platform. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the interactions may comprise one or more audio callsand/or video calls performed by one or more client devices of theplurality of client devices using the first communication platform.Alternatively and/or additionally, the interactions may comprise one ormore other types of communications performed by one or more clientdevices of the plurality of client devices using the first communicationplatform.

At 456, it may be detected that a second plurality of user accounts, ofthe plurality of user accounts, are concurrently in an active state,based upon the communication activity. For example, a user account ofthe second plurality of user accounts may be determined to be in theactive state based upon a determination that a communication interface(of the first online communication platform) associated with the useraccount is open. Alternatively and/or additionally, a user account ofthe second plurality of user accounts may be determined to be in theactive state based upon detection of one or more interactions with acommunication interface (of the first online communication platform)associated with the user account. Alternatively and/or additionally, auser account of the second plurality of user accounts may be determinedto be in the active state based upon a determination that a clientdevice associated with the user account received and/or downloaded oneor more communications transmitted to the user account.

Alternatively and/or additionally, a user account of the secondplurality of user accounts may be determined to be in the active statebased upon a determination of a plurality of conditions. The pluralityof conditions may comprise a first condition that a communicationinterface (of the first online communication platform) associated withthe user account is open, a second condition that one or moreinteractions with the communication interface is detected, a thirdcondition that a client device associated with the user account receivedand/or downloaded one or more communications transmitted to the useraccount, a fourth condition that the first conversation is presented bythe client device, and/or a fifth condition that one or morecommunications associated with the first conversation are transmitted bythe client device, etc.

For example, a user account of the second plurality of user accounts maybe determined to be in the active state based upon a determination of atleast a single condition of the plurality of conditions. Alternativelyand/or additionally, a user account of the second plurality of useraccounts may be determined to be in the active state based upon adetermination of two (e.g., or some other threshold number) or more ofthe plurality of conditions. Alternatively and/or additionally, a useraccount of the second plurality of user accounts may be determined to bein the active state based upon a determination of most of the pluralityof conditions. Alternatively and/or additionally, a user account of thesecond plurality of user accounts may be determined to be in the activestate based upon a determination of every condition of the plurality ofconditions.

In some examples, it may be determined that the second plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in the active state based upon determiningthat the second plurality of user accounts are in the active statewithin a period of time. For example, the period of time may be 1minute, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, etc. For example, it may be determinedthat the second plurality of user accounts are in the active statewithin the period of time based upon a determination that thecommunication activity was performed using a second plurality of clientdevices associated with the second plurality of user accounts within theperiod of time.

At 458, responsive to detecting that the second plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in the active state, a plurality of onlinecommunication interfaces associated with the second online communicationplatform may be presented. For example, a first graphical user interfaceof a second client device associated with a second user account of thesecond plurality of user accounts may be controlled to display a firstonline communication interface associated with the second onlinecommunication platform. Alternatively and/or additionally, a secondgraphical user interface of a third client device associated with athird user account of the second plurality of user accounts may becontrolled to display a second online communication interface associatedwith the second online communication platform.

In some examples, the second online communication platform may beassociated with a second messaging platform. For example, the secondonline communication platform may enable a second group of users, of thegroup of users, to perform communications by transmitting and/orreceiving messages via the plurality of online communication interfaces.Alternatively and/or additionally, the second online communicationplatform may be associated with an online video communication service.For example, the second online communication platform may enable thesecond group of users to perform communications via a video call. Forexample, the plurality of online communication interfaces may displayvideo representations received from devices associated with the secondgroup of users.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the second online communicationplatform may be associated with an online audio communication service.For example, the second online communication platform may enable thesecond group of users to perform communications via an audio call. Forexample, the plurality of online communication interfaces may presentaudio representations (e.g., output audio using speakers) received fromdevices associated with the second group of users.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the second online communicationplatform may be associated with a VR communication service. For example,the second online communication platform may present a simulatedenvironment comprising representations of the second group of users ofthe second plurality of user accounts. For example, each user of thesecond group of users may be represented by an avatar. Responsive toreceiving an audio signal and/or a movement signal indicating movementof a user, audio associated with the audio signal may be outputted usingspeakers and/or an avatar associated with the user may be displayed asspeaking words associated with the audio signal and/or may performmovements associated with the movement signal.

Alternatively and/or additionally, the second online communicationplatform may be associated with an MR communication service. Forexample, the second online communication platform may present hologramscomprising representations of the second group of users. For example,the holograms may be generated based upon video signals received fromthe second plurality of client devices associated with the secondplurality of user accounts. Alternatively and/or additionally, audio maybe outputted based upon audio signals received from the second pluralityof client devices.

In an example, the first online communication platform may comprise agaming platform. For example, the gaming platform may comprise a gamingmessaging interface for performing communications by transmittingmessages to each other while gaming on the gaming platform. In someexamples, the second online communication platform may comprise anonline audio communication service. For example, the online audiocommunication service may be associated with the gaming platform. Forexample, the second online communication platform may enable the secondgroup of users to perform communications via an audio call while usingthe gaming platform. For example, the plurality of online communicationinterfaces may output audio based upon audio signals received fromclient devices associated with the second group of users. Alternativelyand/or additionally, the second online communication platform maycomprise an online video communication service. For example, the onlinevideo communication service may be associated with the gaming platform.For example, the second online communication platform may enable thesecond group of users to perform communications via a video call whileusing the gaming platform. For example, the plurality of onlinecommunication interfaces may present video representations received fromclient devices associated with the second group of users.

FIGS. 5A-5H illustrate examples of a system 501 for displaying messaginginterfaces based upon email conversations (e.g., and/or different typesof conversations). A first user, such as user Sally, (and/or a firstclient device 500 associated with the user) may access and/or interactwith an email service (and/or a different type of messaging service) forsending and receiving email messages (and/or different types ofmessages). A first user account (e.g., an email account) of the firstuser with the email service may be accessed and/or interacted with viaone or more interfaces on the first client device 500, such as an emailclient, a browser, an application, etc. Accordingly, a graphical userinterface of the first client device 500 may be controlled to display anemail interface.

FIG. 5A illustrates the graphical user interface of the first clientdevice 500 being controlled to display the email interface. The firstclient device 500 may comprise a button 502, a microphone 506 and/or aspeaker 514. In some examples, the email interface may comprise a searcharea 508 that may be used to search (for email messages, for usercontacts, etc. of) the first user account. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the email interface may comprise a first selectable input504 corresponding to an option for composing a new email message. Insome examples, responsive to (e.g., receiving) a selection of the firstselectable input 504, the graphical user interface of the first clientdevice 500 may be controlled to display an email composition interface.

The email interface may comprise a list of email messages received viathe email service. For example, the list of email messages may comprisea first email message 510, a second email message 516, a third emailmessage 518, a fourth email message 520 and/or a fifth email message522. In some examples, the list of email messages may correspond to aninbox section associated with the email account, an “all emails” sectionassociated with the email account, an “archived emails” sectionassociated with the email account, etc. In some examples, responsive toreceiving a selection of an email message of the list of email messages,the graphical user interface of the first client device 500 may becontrolled to display the email message. For example, a selection of thefirst email message 510 may be received (e.g., via the first clientdevice 500). Responsive to receiving the selection of the first emailmessage 510, the graphical user interface may be controlled to displaythe first email message 510.

FIG. 5B illustrates the graphical user interface of the first clientdevice 500 being controlled to display the first email message 510. Insome examples, the graphical user interface may be controlled to displaya second selectable input 528 and/or a third selectable input 530. Forexample, the second selectable input 528 may correspond to an option forresponding to (e.g., and/or replying to) a sender of the first emailmessage 510. In some examples, the sender of the first email message 510may correspond to a second user account associated with a first useridentification “Jan Davis”. Alternatively and/or additionally, the thirdselectable input 530 may correspond to an option for responding to(e.g., and/or replying to) the sender and one or more recipients (e.g.,other than the first user) of the first email message 510.

In some examples, the first email message 510 may be associated with afirst set of emails of an email conversation. For example, the emailconversation and/or the first set of emails may be associated aplurality of user accounts, comprising the first user account and/or thesecond user account. For example, the first set of emails may comprise asixth email message, transmitted by a third user account associated witha second user identification “Don McLaughlin”. For example, the firstemail message 510 may comprise a representation 532 of the sixth emailmessage.

FIG. 5C illustrates a backend system 550 of the system 501 determiningthat a second plurality of user accounts 538 are in an active state. Forexample, email activity associated with the plurality of user accountsmay be monitored. In some examples, the second plurality of useraccounts 538, of the plurality of user accounts, may be determined to bein the active state based upon the email activity. Responsive todetermining that the second plurality of user accounts 538 are in theactive state, representations of the email conversation may be presentedusing a plurality of messaging interfaces. In some examples, it may bedetermined that the first client device 500, corresponding to the firstuser account, does not have messaging software installed for enabling amessaging interface (to be used and/or displayed). For example,responsive to determining that the first client device 500 does not havethe messaging software installed, a first notification may betransmitted to the first client device 500.

FIG. 5D illustrates the graphical user interface of the first clientdevice 500 being controlled to display the first notification. Forexample, the first notification may comprise a message 544 and/or afourth selectable input 546. In some examples, the message 544 maycomprise an indication of a number of user accounts of the secondplurality of user accounts 538 that are in the active state.Alternatively and/or additionally, the fourth selectable input 546 maycorrespond to a request to download and/or install the messagingsoftware. For example, responsive to a selection of the fourthselectable input 546, the request to download and/or install themessaging software may be received from the first client device 500. Themessaging software may be transmitted to the first client device 500.For example, the messaging software may be downloaded to the firstclient device 500 and/or may be installed on the first client device500.

FIG. 5E illustrates the graphical user interface of the first clientdevice 500 being controlled to display a messaging interface comprisinga representation of the email conversation. For example, the messaginginterface may comprise a first message 552 corresponding to the secondemail message. Alternatively and/or additionally, the messaginginterface may comprise an indication that the third user accounttransmitted the second email message. Alternatively and/or additionally,the messaging interface may comprise a second message 554 correspondingto the first email message 510. Alternatively and/or additionally, themessaging interface may comprise an indication that the second useraccount transmitted the first email message 510.

FIG. 5F illustrates the graphical user interface of the first clientdevice 500 being controlled to display the messaging interface. Forexample, the messaging interface may comprise a keypad 564, a textbox560 and/or a fifth selectable input 566. For example, text may beentered into the textbox 560 using the keypad 564 and/or aconversational interface (e.g., a voice recognition and natural languageinterface) of the first client device 500. Alternatively and/oradditionally, the fifth selectable input 566 may corresponding totransmitting a third message 570 (illustrated in FIG. 5G) comprising thetext. In some examples, responsive to a selection of the fifthselectable input 566 the third message 570 may be received. Responsiveto receiving the third message 570, a representation of the thirdmessage 570 may be displayed using the plurality of messaging interfaces(including the messaging interface).

FIG. 5G illustrates the graphical user interface of the first clientdevice 500 being controlled to display the messaging interfacecomprising a representation of the third message 570. In some examples,responsive to receiving the third message 570, a fourth email messagecomprising a representation of the third message 570 may beautomatically transmitted to the plurality of user accounts.Alternatively and/or additionally, the fourth email message may betransmitted to merely one or more user accounts, of the plurality ofuser accounts, that are not associated with the plurality of messaginginterfaces. For example, the one or more user accounts may be associatedwith one or more client devices that are not used to present a messaginginterface comprising a representation of the email conversation.Alternatively and/or additionally, the fourth email message may betransmitted to the one or more user accounts (and/or the plurality ofuser accounts) responsive to a selection of a sixth selectable input 572corresponding to a request to transmit the fourth email message.

For example, a fourth user account, of the one or more user accounts,may receive the fourth email message. FIG. 5H illustrates a secondgraphical user interface of a second client device 575 being controlledto display the fourth email message. For example, the fourth emailmessage may comprise the representation of the third message 570.

It may be appreciated that the disclosed subject matter may assist auser (e.g., and/or a client device associated with the user) incommunicating with other users more quickly, more conveniently and/or ina more user friendly manner.

Implementation of at least some of the disclosed subject matter may leadto benefits including, but not limited to, a reduction in screen spaceand/or an improved usability of a display (e.g., of the client device)(e.g., as a result of enabling the user to automatically communicatewith other users associated with an email conversation using a messaginginterface without the user needing to manually open the messaginginterface and add the other users to a messaging group, as a result ofenabling the user to automatically communicate with other usersassociated with a first messaging conversation and/or the emailconversation using an online audio communication service, an onlinevideo communication service, a VR communication service and/or an MRcommunication service, etc.).

In some examples, at least some of the disclosed subject matter may beimplemented on a client device, and in some examples, at least some ofthe disclosed subject matter may be implemented on a server (e.g.,hosting a service accessible via a network, such as the Internet).

FIG. 6 is an illustration of a scenario 600 involving an examplenon-transitory machine readable medium 602. The non-transitory machinereadable medium 602 may comprise processor-executable instructions 612that when executed by a processor 616 cause performance (e.g., by theprocessor 616) of at least some of the provisions herein (e.g.,embodiment 614). The non-transitory machine readable medium 602 maycomprise a memory semiconductor (e.g., a semiconductor utilizing staticrandom access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), and/orsynchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) technologies), aplatter of a hard disk drive, a flash memory device, or a magnetic oroptical disc (such as a compact disc (CD), digital versatile disc (DVD),or floppy disk). The example non-transitory machine readable medium 602stores computer-readable data 604 that, when subjected to reading 606 bya reader 610 of a device 608 (e.g., a read head of a hard disk drive, ora read operation invoked on a solid-state storage device), express theprocessor-executable instructions 612. In some embodiments, theprocessor-executable instructions 612, when executed, cause performanceof operations, such as at least some of the example method 400 of FIG.4A, and/or the example method 450 of FIG. 4B, for example. In someembodiments, the processor-executable instructions 612 are configured tocause implementation of a system, such as at least some of the examplesystem 501 of FIGS. 5A-5H, for example.

3. Usage of Terms

As used in this application, “component,” “module,” “system”,“interface”, and/or the like are generally intended to refer to acomputer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware andsoftware, software, or software in execution. For example, a componentmay be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, aprocessor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program,and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application runningon a controller and the controller can be a component. One or morecomponents may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and acomponent may be localized on one computer and/or distributed betweentwo or more computers.

Unless specified otherwise, “first,” “second,” and/or the like are notintended to imply a temporal aspect, a spatial aspect, an ordering, etc.Rather, such terms are merely used as identifiers, names, etc. forfeatures, elements, items, etc. For example, a first object and a secondobject generally correspond to object A and object B or two different ortwo identical objects or the same object.

Moreover, “example” is used herein to mean serving as an instance,illustration, etc., and not necessarily as advantageous. As used herein,“or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” rather than an exclusive“or”. In addition, “a” and “an” as used in this application aregenerally be construed to mean “one or more” unless specified otherwiseor clear from context to be directed to a singular form. Also, at leastone of A and B and/or the like generally means A or B or both A and B.Furthermore, to the extent that “includes”, “having”, “has”, “with”,and/or variants thereof are used in either the detailed description orthe claims, such terms are intended to be inclusive in a manner similarto the term “comprising”.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific tostructural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understoodthat the subject matter defined in the appended claims is notnecessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above.Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed asexample forms of implementing at least some of the claims.

Furthermore, the claimed subject matter may be implemented as a method,apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/orengineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or anycombination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosedsubject matter. The term “article of manufacture” as used herein isintended to encompass a computer program accessible from anycomputer-readable device, carrier, or media. Of course, manymodifications may be made to this configuration without departing fromthe scope or spirit of the claimed subject matter.

Various operations of embodiments are provided herein. In an embodiment,one or more of the operations described may constitute computer readableinstructions stored on one or more computer and/or machine readablemedia, which if executed will cause the operations to be performed. Theorder in which some or all of the operations are described should not beconstrued as to imply that these operations are necessarily orderdependent. Alternative ordering will be appreciated by one skilled inthe art having the benefit of this description. Further, it will beunderstood that not all operations are necessarily present in eachembodiment provided herein. Also, it will be understood that not alloperations are necessary in some embodiments.

Also, although the disclosure has been shown and described with respectto one or more implementations, equivalent alterations and modificationswill occur to others skilled in the art based upon a reading andunderstanding of this specification and the annexed drawings. Thedisclosure includes all such modifications and alterations and islimited only by the scope of the following claims. In particular regardto the various functions performed by the above described components(e.g., elements, resources, etc.), the terms used to describe suchcomponents are intended to correspond, unless otherwise indicated, toany component which performs the specified function of the describedcomponent (e.g., that is functionally equivalent), even though notstructurally equivalent to the disclosed structure. In addition, while aparticular feature of the disclosure may have been disclosed withrespect to only one of several implementations, such feature may becombined with one or more other features of the other implementations asmay be desired and advantageous for any given or particular application.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method, comprising: identifying an emailconversation associated with a plurality of user accounts; monitoringemail activity associated with the plurality of user accounts; detectingthat a second plurality of user accounts of the plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in an active state, based upon the emailactivity; transmitting one or more notifications to one or more devicesassociated with the second plurality of user accounts, wherein the oneor more notifications are indicative of the second plurality of useraccounts being in the active state; receiving a plurality of requests,via the one or more notifications, indicative of presenting the emailconversation using at least one messaging interface; and responsive todetecting that the second plurality of user accounts are concurrently inthe active state and determining that a number of requests of theplurality of requests is greater than a threshold number of requests:controlling a first graphical user interface of a first deviceassociated with a first user account of the second plurality of useraccounts to display a first messaging interface comprising a firstrepresentation of the email conversation; and controlling a secondgraphical user interface of a second device associated with a seconduser account of the second plurality of user accounts to display asecond messaging interface comprising a second representation of theemail conversation.
 2. The method of claim 1, comprising: determiningthat a third device, associated with a third user account of the secondplurality of user accounts, does not have messaging software installedfor enabling a third messaging interface; transmitting a notification tothe third device comprising an indication of the messaging software;receiving a request to download the messaging software via thenotification; transmitting the messaging software to the third device;and controlling a third graphical user interface of the third device todisplay the third messaging interface comprising a third representationof the email conversation, using the messaging software.
 3. The methodof claim 1, wherein the detecting that the second plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in the active state comprises detecting thatthe second plurality of user accounts are in the active state within aperiod of time.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting that thesecond plurality of user accounts are concurrently in the active statecomprises detecting that an email interface is open on the one or moredevices associated with the second plurality of user accounts.
 5. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the detecting that the second plurality ofuser accounts are concurrently in the active state comprises detectingthat one or more emails are received by the one or more devicesassociated with the second plurality of user accounts.
 6. The method ofclaim 1, comprising: receiving one or more messages from one or moreuser accounts of the second plurality of user accounts via one or moremessaging interfaces.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein: displayingrepresentations of the one or more messages via a plurality of messaginginterfaces.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein: the email activity isindicative of one or more user accounts of the plurality of useraccounts being in an inactive state; and the second plurality of useraccounts does not comprise the one or more user accounts.
 9. The methodof claim 7, comprising: generating one or more emails based upon the oneor more messages, wherein the one or more emails comprise contentassociated with the one or more messages; and transmitting the one ormore emails to the plurality of user accounts.
 10. A computing devicecomprising: a processor; and memory comprising processor-executableinstructions that when executed by the processor cause performance ofoperations, the operations comprising: identifying a conversation,associated with a plurality of user accounts, on a first onlinecommunication platform; monitoring communication activity associatedwith the plurality of user accounts; detecting that a second pluralityof user accounts of the plurality of user accounts are concurrently inan active state, based upon the communication activity; transmitting oneor more notifications to one or more devices associated with the secondplurality of user accounts, wherein the one or more notifications areindicative of the second plurality of user accounts being in the activestate; receiving a plurality of requests, via the one or morenotifications, indicative of presenting the conversation using at leastone online communication interface associated with a second onlinecommunication platform; and responsive to detecting that the secondplurality of user accounts are concurrently in the active state anddetermining that a number of requests of the plurality of requests isgreater than a threshold number of requests: controlling a firstgraphical user interface of a first device associated with a first useraccount of the second plurality of user accounts to display a firstonline communication interface associated with the second onlinecommunication platform; and controlling a second graphical userinterface of a second device associated with a second user account ofthe second plurality of user accounts to display a second onlinecommunication interface associated with the second online communicationplatform.
 11. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the detectingthat the second plurality of user accounts are concurrently in theactive state comprises detecting that the second plurality of useraccounts are in the active state within a period of time.
 12. Thecomputing device of claim 10, wherein: the first online communicationplatform is associated with an email service; and the conversation is anemail conversation.
 13. The computing device of claim 10, wherein: thefirst online communication platform is associated with a messagingplatform; and the conversation is a messaging conversation.
 14. Thecomputing device of claim 10, wherein: the second online communicationplatform is associated with a video communication service; and each ofthe first online communication interface and the second onlinecommunication interface displays video representations received fromdevices of a second plurality of devices.
 15. The computing device ofclaim 10, wherein: the second online communication platform isassociated with an audio communication service; and each of the firstonline communication interface and the second online communicationinterface presents audio representations received from devices of asecond plurality of devices.
 16. A non-transitory machine readablemedium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions that whenexecuted cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:identifying an email conversation associated with a plurality of useraccounts; monitoring email activity associated with the plurality ofuser accounts; detecting that a second plurality of user accounts of theplurality of user accounts are concurrently in an active state, basedupon the email activity; transmitting one or more notifications to oneor more devices associated with the second plurality of user accounts,wherein the one or more notifications are indicative of the secondplurality of user accounts being in the active state; receiving aplurality of requests, via the one or more notifications, indicative ofpresenting the email conversation using at least one messaginginterface; responsive to detecting that the second plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in the active state and determining that anumber of requests of the plurality of requests is greater than athreshold number of requests, generating a messaging conversation basedupon the email conversation, wherein the messaging conversationcomprises content of the email conversation; controlling a firstgraphical user interface of a first device associated with a first useraccount of the second plurality of user accounts to display a firstmessaging interface comprising a first representation of the messagingconversation; and controlling a second graphical user interface of asecond device associated with a second user account of the secondplurality of user accounts to display a second messaging interfacecomprising a second representation of the messaging conversation. 17.The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16, the operationscomprising: determining that a third device, associated with a thirduser account of the second plurality of user accounts, does not havemessaging software installed for enabling the messaging conversation tobe displayed; transmitting a notification to the third device comprisingan indication of the messaging software; receiving a request to downloadthe messaging software via the notification; transmitting the messagingsoftware to the third device; and controlling a third graphical userinterface of the third device to display a third messaging interfacecomprising a third representation of the messaging conversation, usingthe messaging software.
 18. The non-transitory machine readable mediumof claim 16, wherein the detecting that the second plurality of useraccounts are concurrently in the active state comprises detecting thatthe second plurality of user accounts are in the active state within aperiod of time.
 19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim16, wherein the detecting that the second plurality of user accounts areconcurrently in the active state comprises detecting that an emailinterface is open on the one or more devices associated with the secondplurality of user accounts.
 20. The non-transitory machine readablemedium of claim 16, wherein the detecting that the second plurality ofuser accounts are concurrently in the active state comprises detectingthat one or more emails are received by the one or more devicesassociated with the second plurality of user accounts.